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Maryland county commission ends long-running suit over prayer policy with settlement

A judge approved a settlement reached between Maryland’s Carroll County Commission and plaintiffs challenging the constitutionality of the commission’s prayer policy.

Federal court orders Texas school district to accommodate students’ religious braids

A federal court in Texas ruled that a public school must make a religious accommodation for two male students with long braids that violate the dress code and allow them to participate in extracurricular activities.

New York court declines to halt removal of religious exemptions from vaccination requirements

A New York court has upheld the state’s recent decision to end all religious exemptions from vaccination requirements to attend school.

Appeals court upholds exclusion of nontheists in Pennsylvania House prayer policy

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled the Pennsylvania House’s policy of barring non-theists from delivering opening invocations is lawful, overturning a trial court, which found it unconstitutional.

Texas law barring non-clergy from officiating weddings upheld as constitutional

A federal court says a state can refuse to allow secular individuals (other than government officials) to conduct marriage ceremonies, dismissing a constitutional challenge to a Texas law that only authorizes officers of a religious organization or secular governmental officials for that function.

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